Static initializer

Rationale

Static members of a class can only be initialized to scalars in a class definition.

The static initializer will, if existant for a class, be called by uses().

Implementation:

  // Call static initializer
  if (is_callable(array($class, '__static'))) {
    call_user_func(array($class, '__static'));
  }

Example:

  final class Console {
    public static $out, $err= NULL;
    
    public static function __static() {
      self::$out= new OutputStream(STDOUT);
      self::$err= new OutputStream(STDERR);
    }
  }

PHP5 XP2 Changes to uses() functionality.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/classes.doc.html#39245 http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/2238491

- friebe, Sun Nov 16 19:09:43 CET 2003 Do some benchmarking on how much this will slow down uses() <EOF>